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The HV/PT2 again behaves correctly
9.2.4 Example 4 (Different users at the same table)
• Assume one operator is at the one end of the table, and another operator is at the other end of the
table
• Various combinations of table electrical properties, shoe properties of both users, and where the
electric cables in the environment couple their electric field, will determine whether the user AND /
OR the table top will be live OR at zero volts, and whether the users are live or at zero volts
• Whenever there is a potential difference between a user and the table, the tester will beep just before
(and perhaps after) the tester touches the table
9.2.5 Example 5 (Picking up and leaving the HV/PT2 on the table)
• When the HV/PT2 is left resting on the table without the user holding it, it will take up the same
potential as the table and it will stop beeping as the user moves away
• If a user approaches an HV/PT2 that is resting on the table top, just before he touches it, the tester
will beep if there is a voltage difference between the user and the table top
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Conclusion and Recommendations
We all live in and around stray electric fields in our homes, which are set up by electric cables carried
through walls, cables to appliances and lighting
The SURETECH HV/PT2 is very sensitive to these electric fields. It is electric fields that the HV/PT2
has been designed to detect. The electric field contains all of the information of the voltage on the
conductor that causes the electric field.
Even for low voltages (tens of volts), the HV/PT2 can detect these voltages when it is held very
close.
When an HV/PT2 is placed on a table or any other surface and beeps, then the tester is doing what it
is supposed to do, by detecting a difference in voltage between the user of the instrument, and the
table (or other surface)
Users of HV/PT2 should not jump to the conclusion that the tester is faulty if it behaves differently
with different users; they are probably occupying different space in the room and therefor are at a
different voltage; and they may have different characteristics of shoe insulation from each other